Dear person who pointed out a broken link...

[turps]

Why mail me complaining that one of the links at the MX archive has been broken for months? Fair enough if you went to read something today and the link was broken, mail me, I want people to do that. But keep trying for months then mail me to say I should get it fixed. WTF!

I can't keep track of *every* link at the archive. I wish I could but there's over 200 stories in there, sorted by title, writer and pairing. I always check each link when I upload something but sometimes a tag gets changed by accident, I won't know unless I go to use that link or someone tells me. Guess what? I don't read every story every bloody day, some I read once and never again.

I have a life. Yes I love my archive and I'm proud of it. But get real, I don't get paid for maintaining it. It's not my #1 priority, I do it because I love MX, it's a pleasure to do it, my small contribution to the fandom. That does *not* mean I'm here to get pissy mails about a mistake.Yes it's my mistake, and I will fix it, but you have *no* right to insinuate that I let things slide.

I do a lot of work for little reward at the archive. But I've made some fantastic friends because of it, and sometimes I even get e-mails praising the place. That's what makes it worthwhile, and that's the only reason I don't turn round and delete the whole fucking thing.

So yes, thank you for using my site, but next time you mail, forget the side order of snark.

I'm usually optimistic about fans/fandom but sometimes you get one that just makes me think why do I bother?

Sigh. Okay vent over, I feel better now.

Comments

[ochretones.livejournal.com]

I can totally see where you're coming from, Terri. I have more than 4 sites on Mutant X and it is such a pain sometimes when visitors act all high and mighty like you're their servant or something, whining at you for not getting one link right. I even get people venting at me for not hosting their music videos. I mean, come on, I pay for that webspace out of my own measly college allowance! Ugh. Fandom can be a fun place, but it takes just a few people to turn it into a nightmare sometimes.

Just ignore those stupid people. The MX slash archive is one of the best and most maintained fic archives out there, so any kind of criticism or complaints really ain't justified. :)